Waterville area police reports for April 30, 2017
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Somerset County court for March 20-24, 2017
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Standoff in Lewiston ends when police find body inside motel room
They say the person at Motel 6 had committed suicide, WCSH-TV reports.
Visualizing Maine’s serial drunken-driving offenders
7,267 distinct individuals have been convicted five or more times for drunken driving in Maine since 1980. That’s roughly as many people as the entire population of Rockland.
In Maine, thousands have 4 or more OUIs
Their victims aren’t the only ones wondering why drivers with multiple drunken-driving convictions haven’t had their licenses revoked.
In battle against meth labs, Maine may require a prescription for certain cold medications
Consumers would need a doctor’s approval to buy remedies containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine under a bill pending in the Legislature.
Kennebec Journal April 29 police log
Augusta area police reports for April 29, 2017.
Death of longtime Maine State Prison inmate not deemed suspicious
Deane Brown, 53, who had complained about prison conditions and filed a federal lawsuit, was serving a lengthy sentence for a burglary spree in the mid-1990s.
Morning Sentinel April 29 police log
Waterville area police reports for April 29, 2017.
No one injured in rollover crash in Westbrook, police say
The accident happened early Saturday on Larrabee Road, but police initially could not find the driver or passenger.